Top 25

College Football

Top 25

1. Oklahoma, 3-0, 1
2. Alabama, 4-0, 2
3. LSU, 4-0, 3
4. Stanford, 3-0, 4

5. Oklahoma State, 4-0, 7
6. Boise State, 3-0, 6
7. Wisconsin, 4-0, 9
8. Texas A&M 2-1, 5
9. Nebraska, 4-0, 10
10. South Carolina, 4-0, 11
11. Oregon, 3-1, 13
12. Virginia Tech 4-0, 14
13. Florida 4-0, 15
14. Clemson, 4-0, 21
15. Arkansas, 3-1, 8
16. South Florida, 4-0, 17
17. Baylor, 4-0, 18
18. Michigan 4-0, 19
19. Florida State, 2-2, 11
20. Texas 4-0, 20
21. Georgia Tech, 4-0 NR
22. Texas Christian, 3-1, 22
23. West Virginia, 3-1, 16
24. Illinois, 4-0, NR
25. Arizona State, 3-1, NR

OUT: Southern Cal (23), North Carolina (24) and Vanderbilt (25)

VOTES: Michigan State, Houston, Washington, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Utah, Georgia, Kansas State, Auburn, Ohio State, Southern Cal, North Carolina and Missouri.

LSU is looking dominant, flexing particular strength in the trenches......If I vote today for the Heisman, it goes to Robert Griffith III of Baylor.....Arizona State got a big win versus USC, if only they had dumped Illinois....I thought, behind what I felt was a very good signal caller in Danny O'Brien, that Maryland would be a good football team, even predicting them to defeat Miami, as they did, but getting blasted at home versus Temple, even after a disappointing loss to West Virginia, is inexcusable....Alabama controlled Arkansas for an easy victory over a good football team....Oklahoma State, down 20-3 at the half at College Station, rallied back to defeat Texas A&M, positioning itself as the primary challenger to OU in the Big XII....Minnesota seems to be reeling....New Mexico is horrible, and appropriately fired their coach, who has had issues...South Carolina is happy to have standout receivers and running backs, because as surprisingly as it is under Spurrier, they have quarterback issues.

Florida State limped into Clemson, with four of the top five receivers, All America cornerback/punt returner Greg Reid and quarterback EJ Manuel unavailable due to injury. Clint Trickett stepped in at signal caller and did very well, as I suspected he would having seen him play. Although I knew the offensive line is suspect, I never dreamed Clemson would push around the Seminole defense, which they did en route to a 35-30 victory. FSU now needs help just to get to the ACC Championship game, which is disheartening.

The Blackshirt Nebraska defense is also having issues, very surprising with the players returning under Bo Pelini. The offense has been shaky as well, but with a trip to Camp Randle and Wisconsin this Saturday night, things better come together quick, or the 'Huskers are looking at a loss. Maybe they have been sandbagging?

With Wisconsin having similar red uniforms, Nebraska is encouraging fans to wear black to distinguish the fans in attendance. That is cool, I have a nice Adidas black Nebraska polo shirt. However, rumors are swirling the team may also adopt some black for this game, and evidence has started to pop up. While the helmet looks decent, I am against this as I am a traditionalist. Nebraska is the Big Red, not Wisconsin. Go Big Red!